khamsin
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Moving up out of the desert each spring and fall, the khamsin is an ill wind that blows no one in the Middle East any good.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under Ottoman Empire law, murder was held more pardonable if committed while the khamsin was blowing.
From Time Magazine Archive
The German drive, which had swept across Libya as fast and as hot as the desert wind called khamsin, was apparently aimed straight for Alexandria.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jerusalem has up to 150 days of khamsin a year, during which time temperatures soar above 90� while the relative humidity plummets toward zero.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the khamsin blows the dust-storms upon the caravan, the camel-driver hath no care for his camels.
From The Weavers: a tale of England and Egypt of fifty years ago - Complete by Parker, Gilbert
